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TASA has been active in University of Pittsburgh over 15 years. The primary goal of the organization is to create an environment for the Turkish students in which they can share and express their cultures. As the name suggests, our organization tries to create the cultural link between American and Turkish students as well as Turkish Americans. We organize social events in order to promote the social interaction and possibly long term integration.

For information on how to become a TASA member see our Membership page.

Events

Turkish-American Student Association of the University of Pittsburgh is going to screen the Turkish documentary film "My Child" (Benim Çocuğum) with English subtitles on Feb 24th, 2015 Tuesday at 7 PM in the O'Hara Student Center Ballroom. Free pizza and soft drinks will be provided at the event. RSVP is required until Feb 23rd 2015 Monday 5 PM.

"My Child" is a feature documentary about parents of LGBT individuals in Turkey, intimately recounting their personal experiences. The film shows 5 households in Istanbul, in which their child came out of the closet to his/her parents, and the parents shared their personal stories of accepting their children and turning into activist parents in Turkey; a conservative, homophobic and transphobic society.

LİSTAG ("Families of LGBTs İstanbul") is a civil initiative, formed by the parents of a group of LGBT individuals in İstanbul. The documentary film "My Child" was screened in 14 international film festivals and many screening venues.

Conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan, who is the advisor of the film and is screened in the film with his mother, was put on trial and punished to 15 months imprisonment with $3600 fine.

Pizza and soft drinks will be provided at the movie night. Our events are open to all students of the University of Pittsburgh and their guests. Non-Turkish students are most welcome. Please RSVP until October 8th. https://www.facebook.com/events/1479421932342534

This event aims to bring together the first-year graduate students with their more experienced friends in order to create an environment in which students can ask about the curricula and instructional system of the University of Pittsburgh, course registrations, program and/or degree requirements, campus life and social atmosphere, finding affordable accommodation and initial set-up. In addition to the general graduate school orientation, TASA Pitt Night will bring people together in a face-to-face communication setting, in which the newcomers will receive first-hand answer to their questions.

Today, we celebrate the 89th anniversary of the Victory Day
of Turkey in the honor of our great leader Mustafa Kemal ATATURK and his
friends. Victory Day (Zafer Bayrami) on August 30 is a national holiday in
Turkey to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar, the
final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.

Today we celebrate THE COMMEMORATION OF ATATÜRK, YOUTH, AND SPORTS DAY.Every year on May 19th, Turkish Youth commemorates Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the day He officially began the Turkish Independence War against imperialist forces in 1919. On this day, it has become a custom all over Turkey for the youth to present their best works in sports, wearing colorful and cheerful outfits accompanied with music. Atatürk bequeathed the Republic that was His life's work to Turkish Youth, in His famous speech, "Atatürk Addresses the Youth." For He believed that new ideas such as democracy, secularism, women's suffrage, economic development, reforms in educational activities, progress in science and technology are relatively more easily accepted by the young minds.

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"We cannot let the youth remain attached to the ancient ways of thinking and at the same time be modern. The Republic will rise and live because of the youth and its young ideas."